Thank you Agent Kith for big leap forward with 1.2 Alpha3. I am happy enough to continue running 20.04/1.2 Alpha3. :thumbs:
Have done most of my listening with Mpd, but have tested LMS with Tidal, upmpdcli as client and MinimServer. LMS low volume resolved in web player (should have looked for it!). There are some things to be resolved.
16.04/1.1.11 to 1.2 Alpha3
Install 20.04 & 1.2 Alpha3
Sound Quality (SQ)
One of my concerns with moving on from 16.04/1.1.11 was SQ. It had a RT kernel, many years of optimising and setting process priority was not needed. With 20.04, a generic kernel was being used. My concerns were unfounded; still not using process priority. My initial impression was, maybe a slight SQ improvement, but as everyone knows, music memory is not reliable. I did find MPD 0.22.3 better than 0.21.25, maybe due to the compile optimisation. Need to listen longer to draw a more definitive answer on SQ, but can say SQ is at least as good.
Have done most of my listening with Mpd, but have tested LMS with Tidal, upmpdcli as client and MinimServer. LMS low volume resolved in web player (should have looked for it!). There are some things to be resolved.
16.04/1.1.11 to 1.2 Alpha3
- TOP shows load nearly double of 1.1.11, any reason why? My NUC has plenty in reserve, but for other people with low powered units, this may be a problem.
- Text on monitor attached to NUC still saying 1.1.11 (Blind testing). Showing 1.2.0.3 on Dashboard.
- Error message in script, not finding temp folder to delete. Did not recall seeing text to reboot, but required reboot to work
Install 20.04 & 1.2 Alpha3
- Not an issue in itself, but installing 20.04 takes some time, especially with the security updates, compared with very trim SnakeOil 16.04
- No issues with script, no errors, message to reboot
- Have to use ip address to access system, not hostname
- Text on monitor attached to NUC not saying anything about SnakeOil
- Have separate USB card. Needed to manually remove hw:0,0 and add hw:1,0 to get ALSA to work
- LMS goes through setup procedure including login to mysqueezebox, lots of plugins enabled
- Mympd not working
- TOP shows significant drop, between 30% to 80% less than 16.04/1.1.11; maybe due to optimised compile and Mympd not running?
- CPUSet not installed on restore; but when enabled: No tasks are running in (user), please file a bug report and state the music players you are using.
Sound Quality (SQ)
One of my concerns with moving on from 16.04/1.1.11 was SQ. It had a RT kernel, many years of optimising and setting process priority was not needed. With 20.04, a generic kernel was being used. My concerns were unfounded; still not using process priority. My initial impression was, maybe a slight SQ improvement, but as everyone knows, music memory is not reliable. I did find MPD 0.22.3 better than 0.21.25, maybe due to the compile optimisation. Need to listen longer to draw a more definitive answer on SQ, but can say SQ is at least as good.
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